title: Gastric epithelioid leiomyoma presenting with spontaneous haemoperitoneum.
abstract: Gastric epithelioid leiomyomatous (leiomyoblastomas) tumours primarily affect middle-aged men and usually present with upper gastro-intestinal bleeding, manifesting as haematemesia and/or melaena. This report documents a case of gastric epitheliod leiomyoma presenting with spontaneous haemoperitoneum. Its possible relationship with haemangiopericytoma and glomus tumour is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathology, University of Calabar, Teety Hospital, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Iwatt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Atthah
mesh_terms: D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology